. The story of American heroism; thrilling narratives of personal adventures during the great Civil war, as told by the medal winners and roll of honor men . ole survivingofficer, and, so far as I know, there are only three of the noncommissionedofficers and privates now alive. One. Mr. Forniss, resides in Alabama; one,Mr. Stevenson, resides in Texas, and one. Rev. N. B. Hogan, resides in last named was a mere boy at the time of his enlistment, and I was onlyseventeen when I received my commission as lieutenant. The only instance which, after this lapse of time, I can recall, of a
. The story of American heroism; thrilling narratives of personal adventures during the great Civil war, as told by the medal winners and roll of honor men . ole survivingofficer, and, so far as I know, there are only three of the noncommissionedofficers and privates now alive. One. Mr. Forniss, resides in Alabama; one,Mr. Stevenson, resides in Texas, and one. Rev. N. B. Hogan, resides in last named was a mere boy at the time of his enlistment, and I was onlyseventeen when I received my commission as lieutenant. The only instance which, after this lapse of time, I can recall, of anyact which rendered any member of the company conspicuous above his fellows 240 THE STOKV OP is that of Private Blakely. When we advanced to retake the crater atPetersburg the enemy were driven into the crater itself, which was surroundedby a bank of earth explosion, and theyenclosed space asWhen the regimentof earth they closedand commencedthe dense mass con-kept firing till thedered; but private thrown out by thewere as thick in thethey could stand,reached this bankaround it, halted,tiring across it intohned therein, andenemy surren-Blakely of Com-. pany A. at thereached this bank,into the midst ofwounded I)y land-a bayonet,and feelings on thebeing under tire canwords. 1 was firstbattle of Seven On Tin: Mahcii TmvAiti) .Skvkn Ilsus. moment the linesprang over, alone,the enemy and wasing on the })oint ofMy experienceoccasion of my first)e told in a fewunder fire at thePines, in May. 1S() bv the My regiment was flank, right in front, down the road from llichmond till we came to where AMERICAN HEROISM. 241 Kemi^ers brigade was lying behind some captured earthworks. Here we filed tothe right and moved out into an open field beyond the earthworks and beyondsome buildings which had hidden us from the view of the enemy. As soon aswe debouched into this field the enemy, who were lying in a dense pine thicket,opened on us a terrific fire with rified muskets. Our colonel, Col
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